Intro
D A/C# Bm G A
Verse 1:
D A
I had a place to live in
D A
I had a job worth quitting
Bm A Bm A
I had some things I had to change
D A
Mistakes but we all make them
D A/C#
We celebrate being young
Bm A Bm A
I had the chance to run away
Refrain:
Em
And I wish upon a satellite
G
that wrong can't
Bb(hold)
turn to right believe me
Chorus 1:
D A/C#
Then we are (then we are)
D A/C# Bm
our only chance in the world
Face your failures hope
A D
they'll see us through
A/C# D
We are (we are) our only
A Bm
chance in the world
So stand for something
A G
cause somethings over due
A
And I don't ask for much
D A/C# Bm
But this could de fine a lifetime
Em Bb(hold)
G# dead man's hands we are
the only friends we ever had
Post Chorus: D Bm G A
Verse 2:
D A
They called it education
D A
I saw a means to an end
Bm A Bm A
I saw my life another way
D
To live and die
A
a king i thought
D
There could be worse
A/C#
fates to land upon
Bm
And I'd go back home when
A Bm A
it all blew up in my face
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 2:
D A/C#
Then we are (then we are)
D A/C# Bm
our only chance in the world
Face your failures hope
A D
they'll see us through
A/C# D
We are (we are) our only
A Bm
chance in the world
So stand for something
A G
cause somethings over due
A
And I don't ask for much
D A/C# Bm
But this could de fine a lifetime
Em Bb(hold)
G# dead man's hands we are
D Eb(hold)
the only friends we ever had
Bridge:
Em
You need a map to see how far
Bm
I was sticking out my neck
Em
We all have things that
B
we all second guess
G B(hold)
And fears of being ordinary
Guitar Solo: D A D A Bm A Bm A x2
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus 3:
D A/C#
Then we are (then we are)
D A/C# Bm
our only chance in the world
Face your failures hope
A D
they'll see us through
A/C# D
We are (we are) our only
A Bm
chance in the world
So stand for something
A G
cause somethings over due
A
And I don't ask for much
D A/C# Bm
But this could de fine a lifetime
Em A
G# dead man's hands we are
D A/C# Bm
the only friends we ever had
Em Bb(hold)
G# dead man's hands we are
D A/C# Bm G D A A/C# Eb(hold)
the only friends we ever had